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Lake Spokane Water Level

Officially Lake Spokane (Long Lake Reservoir)

Washington

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Lake Spokane

The latest available reading shows Lake Spokane is currently 0.5 feet below full pool, with a water-surface elevation of 1535.5 feet.

1535.51 ft · Updated 9 days ago · U.S. Geological Survey

Current level

1,535.51ft

−0.49 ft vs full pool

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Water Level History

Current
1535.51 ft

No live elevation history

This lake has no public live pool gage, so Lake Insights cannot plot a water-level history. Published conservation or full-pool elevation may still appear in the panels below.

Reference line is designed full pool.

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Lake Level Context

Level remains below the full pool

Lake Spokane is currently 1535.51 ft, 0.49 ft below its full pool.

Lake Spokane Level Details

Reference elevations, recent daily readings, data sources, and answers to common questions.

Conditions & Reference

Level status

0.49 ft below full pool

Current level
1,535.51 ft
Full pool
1,536 ft
DatumElevation referenced to National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
NGVD29
Elevation reference
MSL
Source
USGS

Reference levels

  • Full pool1,536 ft

Surrounding county drought

Severe Drought

100% of surrounding county in official drought (D1–D4).

Severity

NoneExtreme
Trend
Stable

Surrounding county drought

Spokane County, WA

Severe Drought

Severe Drought. The largest share of Spokane County, WA is in Severe Drought (D2), an official USDM drought category. These figures describe the surrounding county from the lake location, not the lake itself.. Trend: Stable compared with last week. Official drought (D1–D4) yes

Severity

NoneExtreme

Weekly trend

Stable

Compared with last week

Official drought (D1–D4)

Yes

100% of the surrounding county is in official drought categories (D1–D4). Dominant category remains Severe Drought.

Typical county impacts (USDM guidance)

  • Lower streamflows in the surrounding county
  • Drier soils and vegetation stress
  • Minor increase in wildfire risk for the area

U.S. Drought Monitor · map date Oct 6, 2026. Updated weekly. Official drought means U.S. Drought Monitor categories D1–D4 (Moderate through Exceptional). Abnormally Dry (D0) is not counted as official drought. droughtmonitor.unl.eduView drought map for Spokane County, WA

Daily level summary

Daily history updating

Daily rows will appear here as level summaries are recorded for this lake.

Common questions about Lake Spokane’s water level

  • The current water level at Lake Spokane is 1,535.51 ft (updated 9 days ago). You can track the Lake Spokane lake level on the interactive chart and daily history above.

  • Full pool for Lake Spokane is 1,536 ft — the normal conservation target elevation when the reservoir is at its designed summer or operating pool.

  • Based on the latest gauge reading, Lake Spokane is currently 0.49 ft below full pool.

  • Readings refresh when U.S. Geological Survey publishes new gauge data — typically daily for most reservoirs. The timestamp above the chart shows when the latest observation arrived on Lake Insights.

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Definitions for pool targets, datums, and how elevation readings are labeled.

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